Media

Representation in the MediaWhen it came to volume and quality of representation in media, The vast majority of men in our study felt both representation and quality of Asian American men in the media was poor. 93% of men responded "strongly disagree" or "disagree" to the statement "Asian men have adequate representation (screen time) in the media". Another 95% of men responded "strongly disagree" or "disagree" to the statement "Asian men are usually represented as attractive, fully-developed characters in media".

​These findings were consistent across different income levels, geography, naturalization status, or age. There was a minor difference regarding the 2nd question of full-developed characters, where men of Other / Mixed ethnicity were just slightly more likely lean towards "Agree" compared to other groups, but otherwise, responses across sub-ethnicity were consistent.

Admired Asian American Men​This year, we had a free-write response to the question: "Who is the Asian American man you most admire?" Many men found it difficult to answer this question, with about a quarter of men (23%) choosing to skip answering it, and another 10% (29 men) responding with an answer like "I don't know" or "I don't have one".

Of men who actually named someone, actor and martial artist Bruce Lee came in #1 with 51 votes, a personal relative like "My dad" or "Grandpa" came in #2 choice, with 28 votes, and #3 was comedian and actor Aziz Ansari with 24 votes. Rounding out the top 10 were Brooklyn Nets player Jeremy Lin, actor John Cho, actor and activist George Takei, Fresh Off the Boat author Eddie Huang, actor Steven Yeun, Nobel-winning physicist and former Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, and Medal of Honor winner and long-time Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye.

Optimism of current state of affairs for Asian American men

Respondents were evenly split when asked their feelings about the question "Is now a good time for Asian American men" with 40% of men indicating "Neither agree nor disagree" as their answer, with the remaining 60% almost evenly split between agree and disagree responses. This pattern held true for sub-ethnicities, income levels, location, industry, and naturalization status. The only statistically significant factor was age, with men 24 and under having 30% more "strongly disagree" or "disagree" responses compared to men over 25.